Youth of China in the New Era

The year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC). On April 21, Youth of China in the New Era, the first white paper on youth in the history of the People's Republic of China, was published. The white paper reviews the course of Chinese youth's continuous struggle for national rejuvenation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the past 100 years. Meanwhile, it introduces the concern and attention to youth development paid by the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping at the core since the 18th National Congress of the CPC in 2012, presents China's policies and measures to promote youth development, shows the development achievements and cultural outlook of Chinese youths in the new era, and launches an initiative to youths all over the world, calling on Chinese youths to join hands with youths in other countries to jointly build a global community of shared future and a better world.

25 million

More than 25 million young people in China have escaped poverty and are working hard to bring about a brighter future.

180 million, 94.9%

At the end of 2020, the number of netizens aged 6 to 18 reached 180 million in China, with the internet available to 94.9% of minors, and the gap in internet accessibility between urban and rural areas narrowed to 0.3 percentage point as against 5.4 percentage points in 2018.

95.4%, 91.4%, 57.8%, 44.3 million people

In 2021, the completion rate of compulsory education in China reached 95.4%, the gross enrollment rate in senior secondary education reached 91.4%, and the gross enrollment rate in higher education reached 57.8%, with 44.3 million students on campus, ranking first in the world.

3 million people

As of the end of 2021, the Young Marxists Training Project had trained nearly 3 million people.